Today we feature an inventor, musician, comedian, the London-based Darren Foreman, or Beardyman, He is pushing back the edges of possibility when it comes to one of the most essential elements in our evolutionary bag of tricks: the human voice.

Do you know about the TED stage? TED.com is one of the most interesting corners of the web and EWC features the best of their talks a couple times each month. If I do say so myself, EWC and TED are the only places I have found where smart people, curious and hopeful, can always come away transformed. Check out our list of Must-See TED Talks here!

But first, take a look at this TED Talk to see what a bit of wonder can sound like!

Now, this inspired a little research and I found some interesting facts about this unusual musician/inventor.

Virtually all of what we just heard was created by Darren’s vocal cords then looped through a proprietary software he has invented. He was a beatbox champion until he outgrew the constraints of that world and then invented his own niche.

This Olympics we have seen records broken, ceilings shattered, and remarkable feats of athleticism. Are athletes really getting better or is there something else happening here? Here’s the remarkable answer…